Music fans ‘face a deaf future’

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Nine out of ten young people show symptoms of permanent hearing damage after a night out because of loud music in clubs and bars, a new study has found.

Research carried out by RNID found that 70 per cent of clubbers, 68 per cent of gig-goers and 44 per cent of people who go to bars experience dullness of hearing or tinnitus — ringing in the ears — afterwards, the first signs of irreversible hearing damage.

The charity wants the Government to establish a recommended noise level for audiences attending music venues and events. John Low, chief executive of RNID,